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Finovate Alumni News– December 20, 2013

By David Penn Posted on
Categories: Braintree, FIS, Fiserv, MasterCard, Narrative Science, Spreedly, TipRanks, Trustev
  • Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgTipRanks, Narrative Science, Spreedly, and Fiserv earn “True Innovators Awards” in Bank Innovation’s 2013 GonzoBanker column.
  • Jos White of Notion Capital talks about credit card fraud and his firm’s investment in Trustev.
  • Braintree CEO Bill Ready discusses the future of online payments on Bloomberg TV.
  • Nordea, SEB, and Swedbank announce plans to offer MasterPass-powered digital wallets courtesy of MasterCard.
  • FIS launches e-learning suite to help FIs comply with new CFPB regulations.
  • Business ETC takes a look at growing interest in Irish start-up, Trustev.
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Finovate Alumni News– December 18, 2013

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Check Point, CR2, Dwolla, Emida, Geezeo, MasterCard, Mitek, MoneyDesktop, Payfone
  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgDwolla launches Form Builder to enable users to build free custom payment forms.
  • Utah Valley Business Q Mag recognizes MoneyDesktop for its billboard advertising (see page 52-53).
  • Blue Coat and Check Point Extend Partnership on High-End X-Series Network Security Systems.
  • Payfone to use AT&T’s network data to enhance its mobile identity services.
  • Vovox and Emida partner to provide enhanced mobile payment options for users.
  • West – Aircomm FCU to offer PFM powered by Geezeo.
  • Mike Brady named COO at CR2.
  • MasterCard debuts MasterPass in Italy. 
  • Business Banking Review names Mitek-powered U.S. Bank Mobile Photo Bill Pay “Best Technology Initiative in Banking”.
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Finovate Alumni News– December 13, 2013

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Blackhawk Network, EyeVerify, MasterCard, MoneyDesktop, Tradeshift
  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgBlackhawk Network partners with Opengate to Launch New Prepaid Content in South Africa.
  • Tradeshift unveils Oracle Gold partnership & supply chain connectivity solution for the Oracle E-Business Suite.
  • MasterCard launches recruitment drive for e-commerce tech lab in New York City.
  • EyeVerify featured in KCUR.org column on the “benefits and disadvantages of launching a startup in Kansas City.”
  • New MoneyDesktop Website Wins Multiple W3 Awards.
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Finovate Alumni News– December 12, 2013

By David Penn Posted on
Categories: BrightScope, Heckyl Technologies, Kony Solutions, MasterCard, MiiCard, Mitek, Striata, Taulia
  • Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgMasterCard collaborates with Samsung, Commonwealth Bank of Australia to enable contactless payments via NFC.
  • Heckyl Technologies announces more than $3.5 million raised in Series B funding.
  • NetBanker: Mobile payments specialist Loop raises $10 million in Series A round.
  • Striata announced as a finalist in the Best Use of Technology category at 2013 Debt Collection Awards.
  • miiCard to help power ID verification for myrentalcv’s tenant screening platform.
  • Updated Advisor Pages platform from BrightScope drops charge for online profile maintenance.
  • Mitek and Kony collaborate to Deliver Mobile Photo Bill Pay With Mitek MiSnap Automatic Image Capture.
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Finovate Alumni News– December 3, 2013

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Blackhawk Network, Cardlytics, Digital Insight, Geezeo, Jack Henry, MasterCard, Swipely, wipro, Xero
  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgSwipely expands to new HQ building.
  • Wipro to buy mortgage consultancy firm Opus Capital Markets Consultants.
  • Apex Community FCU to offer Geezeo white label PFM.
  • Forbes highlights Cardlytics‘ growth and future of card-linked offers.
  • Xero adds 2 Australian banking partners: Greater Building Society and Investec.
  • TechCrunch reports: Blackhawk Network Picks Up Gift Card Startup, Retailo, To Bolster Its Reach In Europe.
  • C-SAM launches MasterPass-powered (MasterCard) digital wallet solution for FIs.
  • Jack Henry Banking wins outsourcing contract with Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania.
  • NCR to buy Digital Insight from Thoma Bravo for $1.65 billion.
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Finovate Alumni News– November 26, 2013

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Dwolla, Enloop, MasterCard, planwise, Zopa
  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgIowa State student creates PayHere (for Dwolla) with startup’s API demo.
  • Planwise integrating into Solid Earth’s real estate platform, Spring, which provides listing and tax data.
  • Forbes lists enloop as 1 of 12 business writing tools to improve business writing.
  • Finextra blogger talks peer-to-peer lending and Zopa.
  • MasterCard announces partnership with Ogone to deploy MasterPass in Europe.
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Finovate Alumni News– November 25, 2013

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: ACI Worldwide, Backbase, BBVA, Bright Funds, Check, EyeVerify, GMC Software Technology, GoBank, MasterCard, mBank, Meniga, MoneyDesktop, Moven, Yseop
  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgAtos to become preferred partner for one of the largest Islamic banks in the world for their solution based Backbase.
  • Yseop Artificial Intelligence Software honored as French National Champion for European Business Awards.
  • Moven, Meniga, GoBank, mBank, MoneyDesktop, BBVA Compass, and CaixaBank make Marous’ “Digital Banking Nirvana”.
  • American Banker review of new research on e-statement adoption notes role of Check and GMC Software Technology.
  • Charitable givers now able to use Square Cash to donate via Bright Funds.
  • ACI Worldwide extends ATM-powering relationship with VocaLink to 2021.
  • MasterCard now accepted for ATM cash withdrawals at Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady Bank Ltd.
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Finovate Alumni News– November 22, 2013

By David Penn Posted on
Categories: Boku, FIS, InComm, IND Group, LendUp, MasterCard, Taulia
  • Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgPrepaid MasterCard cardholders now able to reload at Walmart stores courtesy of Green Dot network.
  • LendUp iPhone app enables mobile borrowing.
  • YouthTech column on ramification in banking features IND Group.
  • Boku furthers its Global Reach with Acquisition of Qubecell 
  • Taulia named 2013 Red Herring Global 100 Winner.
  • Vix Technology partners with InComm to Support First of Its Kind, Transit Fare Media.
  • Banking Technology features Doug Brown, SVP, eBanking at FIS, on the topic of mobile banking.
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Finovate Alumni News– November 19, 2013

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Acculynk, Actiance, Billhighway, Doxo, Finovera, Green Dot, Intellaegis, Manilla, MasterCard, Mint.com, Moven, PayNearMe, PayPal, Saved Plus, Virtual Piggy
  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgBillhighway listed as one of the 100 Best & Brightest Companies to Work for.
  • Actiance to launch Vantage Compliance App on Salesforce.com’s AppExchange.
  • Virtual Piggy launches new iOS mobile app. 
  • hyperWALLET to integrate with PayNearMe to offer cash payment acceptance options.
  • Uber is first company to use PayPal’s mobile SDK.
  • Acculynk offers UnionPay debit card acceptance to U.S. merchants.
  • American Banker takes a look at efforts by Moven and GreenDot to bring transparency to payments.
  • Techcrunch reviews Finovera, includes shout-outs to Mint, Manilla, and doxo.
  • Intellaegis to provide masterQueue to Portfolio Recovery Associates, world’s largest debt buying company.
  • The Week features Saved Plus in column “3 money apps that look more useful than Coin.”
  • MasterCard and Worldline partner to provide MasterPass-powered digital wallet.
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Finovate Alumni News– November 18, 2013

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Billhighway, Credit Sesame, Doxo, EyeVerify, FlexScore, Leaf, Lending Club, Lendio, MasterCard, Open Bank Project, PayNearMe, PaySimple, ShopKeep POS, SumUp, Toopher, Wallaby Financial
  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgRentPaidOnline and PayNearMe partner to bring cash payments to its online platform 
  • Daily Finance interviews PaySimple CEO Eric Remer on Next-Gen Payment Processing.
  • ShopKeep POS releasing new version of its iPad-based sales mgmt system to cut checkout time in retail locations.
  • Novant Health launches on doxo to deliver bills & simplify the patient experience.
  • Lendio named one of Utah Business Magazine’s Best Companies to Work for in 2013.
  • Credit Sesame launches banking channel with new interest rate comparison tool.
  • Billhighway ranked no. 146 fastest growing company in North America on Deloitte’s 2013 Tech Fast 500.
  • Former U.S. Treasury assistant secretary for financial institutions and Google SVP join Lending Club’s advisory board.
  • The Paypers reports SumUp extends to Latin America with launch of m-payments service in Brazil.
  • Lend Academy reports: Lending Club now valued at over $2 Billion.
  • Open Bank Project organizing the second edition of Hack/Make The Bank FinTech hackathon in Paris on Nov 30th.
  • EyeVerify competes tonight in Kauffman Foundation’s “Get in the Ring: The American Startup Clash”.
  • Texas Advanced Computing Center to test pilot Toopher’s Invisible Multifactor Authentication solution.
  • MasterCard opens office in Bangladesh.
  • Leaf featured in column on Boston-based mobile payment hardware systems.
  • The Points Guy compares new Coin card to Wallaby Card.
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Finovate Alumni News– October 21, 2013

By David Penn Posted on
Categories: CurrencyFair, Equifax, Leaf, Lendio, MasterCard, PayPal, PaySimple, Prepaid Resources, TransferWise, TSYS
  • Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgAlvaro Soltero of Leaf takes a look at the future of payments.
  • Forbes.com features an interview with Brett Meyers, CEO of CurrencyFair.
  • MasterCard launches TravelController to improve expense reconciliation.
  • TSYS, PayPal, & PaySimple listed in top 10 multi-currency processing solutions for October.
  • Lendio launches beta version of Lendio for the loan specialist.
  • FORMFREE and Equifax partner to streamline borrower asset checks.
  • Prepaid Resources announces formation of Trefoil Technology.
  • TransferWise tops £1 million ($400,000 USD) mark in international money transfers.
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Finovate Alumni News– October 14, 2013

By David Penn Posted on
Categories: Check, Dynamics, FIS, Fiserv, Flint Mobile, GoBank, MasterCard, Moven
  • Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgForbes column on banking and mobile payments highlights Finovate alumni Check, Fiserv, and FIS.
  • BBC features MasterCard’s efforts to replace food stamps and cash with cards in Lebanese refugee camps.
  • Jim Marous references GoBank and Moven in report on innovation in mobile banking functionality.
  • LowCards.com reports: Dynamics offers artistic credit cards.
  • Flint Mobile opts for camera over card reader.
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